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Departmental Training

Volume 497: debated on Tuesday 13 October 2009

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many external training courses were attended by staff of his Department in the last 12 months; and what the cost was of each course. (289605)

The following table lists the number of external training courses attended by staff in the Department for Transport (DfT) where information is available, however it has not been possible to provide costs for each course:

Agency

Number of training courses

Total cost (£)

Driving Standards Agency

120

184,415

Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency

112

176,149

Vehicle and Operator Services Agency

132

113,186

Government Car and Despatch Agency

8

43,458

Vehicle Certification Agency

1

264,536

1 Figure not available.

This information is not held centrally by the Central DfT, Highways Agency, and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and would incur disproportionate costs to obtain this.